What does "He ascended" mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
Cross References
Isaiah 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
Ezekiel 31:14This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.'
John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven--the Son of Man.
Treasury of Scripture
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
he ascended.
Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
John 3:13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
John 6:33,62
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world…
he also.
Genesis 11:5
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
Exodus 19:20
And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
John 6:33,38,41,51,58
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world…
the lower.
Psalm 8:5
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Psalm 63:9
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Psalm 139:15
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
